Cork-puller.



A. BAUMGARTBN, DEGD.

J. BAUMGARTBN, BXEOUTBIX.

CORK FULLER.

APPLIOA'I'ION FILED JUNE 15, 1903.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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A. BAUMGARTEN, DEGD.

JKBAUMGARTEN, BXEOUTRIX.

CORK PULLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1903.

Patented Apr. 27 1909.

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ALBERT BAUMGARTEN, or FREEPORT, ILLiNOIs; JOHANNA BAUMGARTEN EXECUTRIXor SAID ALBERT BAUMGAETEN, DECEASED.

GORKJULLER.

Application filed June 15, 1903. Serial No. 161,426.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT BAUMGARTEN, a resident of Freeport, in thecounty of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers, ofwhich the following is aspecification. r

The present invention relates to devices for drawing corks, stoppers andthe like, from bottles, and more particularly to the class known aslever-operated pullers.

The invention designs to improve the construction and operation of corkpuller's and to rovide a device simple in construction, an positive inits operation.

The invention consists-in the several novel features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.a

In the-drawings: Figure 1- is a view in side elevation of a cork-pullerembodying thepre ferred form of the invention, one section of thesupporting-frame or casing being omitted.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, looking in the opposite direction and showingthe arts in position assumed when a cork has been drawn. Fig. 3 istransverse section on line 3-3 of Fig.1. 1.

A denotes a suitable supporting-frame or casing usually rovided with aclamp (1 whereby the cor -puller can be secured toa table, counter orshelf, and formed of sections fitting together, and forming a casingwherein the cork-screw and longitudinally movable parts are guided andheld. An operating lever B having a handle I) is ivotally sustained byafulcrum orpin'b" he d in the frame. 'A cork-screw C is journaled in acarrier D mounted in manner freeto slide-in a socket E in the frame. Apitman or'o erating-bar F has its lower end .connectec to carrier D bypin d, and has its upper 'end detachably connected with the operatin"-lever,

' by a hook f which is movable into, an out of engagement with anintegral stud B of the lever. A s ring Gr presses bar F toward stud B tohold ookf and stud B in engagement with each other. vilinear path andon'both sides of. a vertical line passing through the lever-fulcrum band a lug a is positioned to detain hook-f, at one side of said line,when the pin reaches its lowermost position,' and travels to the opposite side of the lever-fulcrum. e

A nut E is slidably and non-revolubly held n spec fication of LettersPatent.

Stud B travels in a cur Patented April 27, 1909.

in the frame and is formed with a spiral groove or opening through whichthe corkscrew passes, and rotates the screw when longitudinal movementis imparted to one of said parts with respect to the other. Nut E isformed with a vertical-extension E which is formed with a way or guide earranged in position to be entered bystud B after it has passed out ofengagement with operatingbar F, and said stud imparts positivelongitudinal movement in both directions to the nut. A stop such as analoutmenta limits the downward movement of the nut. During upward shiftof the nut, the carrier will be immediately above the nut and will bepositively shifted upwardly by the nut. An

inclined surface a of lug a which is integrally formed with the frame,deflects springpressed bar F during the upward shift of the carrier, anda tooth or projection f 3 is pressed into position above abutment a byspring G when the operating-bar reaches its uppermost position, so thebar, carrier and corkscrew will be locked and secured against downwardlongitudinal travel with the nut.

Reverse shift of lever B first positively shifts the nut downward tostrip the drawn cork from the corkscrew. After the nut has stripped thecork from the screw the nut is in its lowermost position, stud B willtravel upwardly and during such upward movement will engage an inclinedsurface f 4 on bar F press the bar away from abutment a and "pass intoposition so hook f will be pressed into engagement with said stud. LeverB is formed with a head B having a rim which closes the opening betweenthe side walls of the casing, and wherein the lever travels. Stops a anda on the frame limit the ivotal swing of the operating-lever. Toot f ofthe operating bar is arranged out of the path of travel of stud B sothat during retraction of lever B the stud B will not encounter saidhook but will ride along edge f 4 of the bar and disengage the bar fromlug 0 Nut E in addition to being guided in socket A is confined duringthe longitudinal shift by the frame as at at and by a straight edge a"of lug a e a l The operation of the mechanism for drawing a cork will beas follows: Assuming the parts to be in'normal position shown in Fig. 1,and a bottlewith a cork therein, to be held beneath the frame, theoperator will move lever in the direction of the arrow and until Breaches the position shown in Fig. 2 and indicated by dotted lines inFig. 11. During the initial portion of its travel stud B will movedownwardly, and operating-bar F being then operatively connected withsaid stud by hook f, will move carrier D and corkscrew 0 downwardly.During such downward travel the cork-screw will be rotated by nut E andthe resultant gyratory movement of the screw will drive it into thecork. As stud reaches its lowermost position, it will pass out of hookf, and into way a of nut E. Lever B and nut E will then be directly andpositively connected, and during the upward travel of stud B on theopposite side of the lever-fulcrum the nu t will be'moved upwardly. Suchmovement of the nut will impart unison longitudinal movement to thesuperposed carrier and the cork-screw with the cork thereon will bedrawn from the cork from the bottle. During the cork-drawing operation,operating-bar F will be forced backwardly by inclined surface a andtooth f 3 will be pressed into position above abutment a and will thensecure the carrier against downward movement. The operator will ne shiftthe lever in reverse direction and during the initial reverse shiftthereof stud B will positively shift the nut downwardly independentlyofthe cork-screw and carrier, and strip'the cork from the cork-screw. Whenstud B reaches its lowermost position in its reverse travel the nut willhave been restored to its normal position and the stud will pass out ofway 6 and out of engagement with the nut. During the succeeding upwardmovement of the stud it will impinge against inclined surface f of barF, which will be shifted backwardly thereby, and thus disengaged fromabutment a so bar F will be again operatively connected to the lever andso the bar will clear said abutment during the succeeding downwardmovement, and will be again operatively connected with the carrier. Theparts will then be in readiness for another operation.

The operation and construction of the device are simple and the use ofinterlocking mechanism for insuring unison movement of the carrier andnut is entirely avoided. By stripping the cork from the cork-screw byshift of the nut, an additional operation of the lever, heretoforenecessary in corkpullers in which the travel of the cork-screw wassufficient only to draw the cork, and the extended travel necessary incork-pullers in which the cork-screw has a continuous movement in onedirection, sufficient to draw the cork, and strip the cork from thescrew, are also avoided.

Having thus'described the invention, what I claim as new and .desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: 7

1. In a corkuller, the combination of a frame, a rotata le cork-screwlongitudinally movable in said frame, means for rotating the cork-screwlongitudinally mo "able in. the frame, an operating-lever supported bythe frame for shifting the corkscrew, and means for holding thecork-screw against longi tudinal movement during a part of the operationof said lever so that the cork can be stripped from the cork-screw bylongitudinal movement of said rotating means.

2. In a corkpuller, the combination of a frame, a rotatable cork-screwlongitudinally movable in said frame, a nut for rotating the cork-screwlongitudinally movable in the frame, an operating-lever supported by theframe for shifting the cork-screw longitudinally to drive the screw intoa cork and to draw the cork, means for shifting said nut independentlyof the corl t-screw to strip the cork from the cork-screw, and means forholding the cork-screw against longitudiinil movement during thestripping operation.

3. In a cork-puller, the combination of a frame, a rotatable cork-screwlongitudinally movable in said frame, a part for rotating saidcork-screw longitudinally movable in the frame, an operating-leversupported by the frame, means whereby the cork-screw will be shifted inone direction. to enter a cork, means whereby said part will be shiftedin reverse direction to effect unison longitudinal movement of thecork-screw and said part and whereby said part will also be shiftedindependently of the cork-screw to strip the cork from the screw, andmeans for holding the corkscrew against longitudinal movement so thatthe cork will be stripped by movement of said part while the cork-screwis held stationary.

4. In a cork-puller, the combination of a frame, a rotatable cork-screwlongitudinally movable in said frame, a nut for rotating the cork-screwlongitudinally movable in the frame, an operating-lever SUPPOltGd by theframe, means whereby the cork-screw will be shifted in one direction toenter a cork, means whereby said nut will be shifted in reversedirection to effect unison longitudinal movement of the cork-screw andnut and whereby said nut will also be shifted independently of thecork-screw to strip the cork from the screw, and means for holding thecork-screw against longitudinal movement so that the cork will bestripped by movebar forming an o' erative connection between the leveran the other of the longitudinally movable arts, and having-a pivotalconnection wit one, and a detachable connection with the other of theparts connected thereby, and means for disengaging the operating-barfrom the part to which it is detachably connected.

6. In a cork-puller, the combination with a sup. ortingframe, a carrierlongitudinally mova le therein, a cork-screw journaled in said carrier,and a longitudinally movable nut for imparting rotation to said screw,of operating-means for imparting longitudinal movement to the nut andcarrier, a detachable operative-connection between the carrier and theoperating-means, means where- V by independent movement will be impartedto the nut, and means locking the carrier against longitudinal movementduring a part of its travel when the carrier is detached from theoperating-means and the nut is being independently shifted and whereby acork can be stripped from the cork-screw by shift of the nut while thecarrier is held stationary.

7. In a cork-puller, the combination with a sup orting-frame, a carrier,longitudinally mova le therein, a cork-screw revolubly held in thecarrier and a longitudinally movable nut, of an operating lever,pivotally sustained by said'frame, an operating-bar pivotally connectedwith the carrier, and

means shifted by said lever and shifting the.

operating-bar, in one direction, and then passing out of engagement withsaid bar and shifting the nut in reverse direction, a fixed abutment orstop said bar swinging into en-' gagement with said stop during thereverse shift of the carrier, so the nut will move independently of thecarrier during shift of the nut in opposite direction,

8. Ina cork-puller, the combinationwith a sup orting-frame, a carrier,longitudinally mova le therein, a cork-screw rotatably held in thecarrier and a longitudinally movable nut, of an operating lever,pivotally sustained by said frame, an 'operating-bar pivotally connectedwith the carrier, a stop or abutment means shifted bysaid lever for Yshifting the operating-bar in one direction and said bar being shiftedinto engagement with said stop or abutment during the reverse shift ofthe carrier, so the nut will move independently of the carrier duringshift of the nut in opposite direction, and

means disengaging the bar from the fixed part after such independentshift has been imparted to the nut.

9; In a cork-puller, the combination with a sup orting-frame, a carrierlongitudinally mova le therein, a cork-screw revolubly held in theicarrier, and a longitudinally movable nut, of an operating lever,pivotally sustained by said frame, and provided with a stud, anoperating-bar pivotally connected with the carrier, and a fixed abutmentwherebysaid bar will be held against longitudinal movement, a detachableconnection between said stud and said operating bar said stud beingshifted into engagement with said bar and shifting said carrierindependently in one direction, and then passing out of engagement withsaid bar and into engagement with said nut, and shifting the nut andcarrier in reverse direction, during which shift said bar passes intoengagement with the fixed part, so the stud will during its nextmovement in o posite direction move the nut inde endent ly of thecarrier, said bar being isengaged from the fixed part by the operatinglever after said independent shift of the nut.

10. In a cork-puller, the combination with a sup orting-frame, a carrierlongitudinally mova le in said frame, a cork-screw revolubly mounted insaid carrier, and a nut longitudinally movable in the frame, a pivotedoperating lever supported by the frame, a

parts, and a spring pressing the bar into position to connect with saidlatter part.

ALBERT BAUMGAR'IEN. -Witnesses:

L. R. JUNGKUNZ, A. F. SoHUL'rE.

